When no one is permitted to use an indoor pool, a certain silence descends. It’s unsettling rather than serene. Years…
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Parents of young swimmers are familiar with a certain expression. It’s the glazed-over eyes during the drive home, the abrupt…
Somewhere around the first warm weekend of the year, when families naturally gravitate toward the water and parks fill up. swimming pools. Lidos. the shore. You
A group of six-year-olds gripping the wall, a patient teacher counting down from five, and a parent filming from the…
Around the third or fourth swim lesson, a specific moment usually occurs. A child who came to the pool holding a parent’s hand, with their shoulders drawn in an
No matter which country they are in or which pool they are standing next to, there is a moment that…
Anyone who has seen a child advance through swim lessons will recognize the moment when something changes. Abruptly, the child…
Almost every swim class has a certain moment, usually in the third or fourth week. With wide eyes and tense…
Anyone who has spent time by the pool during a kids’ swim lesson will recognize the moment when a child…
On mornings, a line of parents and young children forms at a recreation center in Surrey, just off the A3,…